handed over its prison, its main prison in that country, to the afghan government. that may not sound like the biggest deal in the world, but that prison was one of the most important sticking points to how and when we would finally end our war there and extricate ourselves from that country, so that is a really important political development. also in the face of continuing, withering, bipartisan criticism of the performance of the veteran's administration, particularly toward iraq and afghanistan veterans, we learned today that the chief of staff of that agency is leaving. announcing today that he will retire. >>> we've also got new details ahead this hour in the murder of the prison's chiefs in colorado. also, the nation of cyprus has accepted its bailout, alleviating immediate fears of another european financial meltdown, but presumably, we'll just start fearing another one some time soon. also, i have to tell you that gonzaga last on saturday night, so my ncaa bracket is over and done with. and most amazingly, smu announced today that the george w. bush preside